Joseph Bishara (The Conjuring, Insidious, Malignant, Annabelle, The Curse of La Llorona, The Unholy, Dark Skies) is making his narrative television scoring debut on the new HBO Max original series Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin. The show is developed by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Riverdale, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) based on the bestselling series of books by Sara Shepard and stars Bailee Madison, Chandler Kinney, Zaria, Malia Pyles, Maia Reficco, Mallory Bechtel, Elena Goode, Sharon Leal, Lea Salonga, Eric Johnson and Alex Aiono. Read the rest of this entry »
Joseph Bishara Scoring HBO Max’s ‘Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin’
Posted: July 18, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: HBO Max, Joseph Bishara, Pretty Little Liars, Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin
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‘Secrets of the Sea’ Soundtrack Released
Posted: July 18, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Alan Williams, Howard Hall, Jonathan Bird, Michele Hall, score, Secrets of the Sea, Soundtrack
Quinate Publishing has released a soundtrack album for the giant screen documentary Secrets of the Sea. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Alan Williams (Cowgirls ‘n Angels, Amazon, Soul Assassin, The Velveteen Rabbit). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Secrets of the Sea is directed by Howard Hall & Jonathan Bird, produced by Michele Hall, narrated by Joelle Carter and takes viewers into the ocean to show the ways marine species interact with each other and their environment, demonstrating the critical importance of marine biodiversity to maintaining healthy oceans. Read the rest of this entry »
Olafur Arnalds Scoring Apple TV+’s ‘Surface’
Posted: July 18, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Apple TV +, Ólafur Arnalds, Surface
Olafur Arnalds (Broadchurch, Defending Jacob, Chasing the Present, Electric Dreams) is the composer of the new Apple TV+ original series Surface. The show is created by Veronica West (High Fidelity) and stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Stephan James, Ari Graynor, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, François Arnaud and Millie Brady. The 8-part psychological thriller is set in high-end San Francisco and centers on a woman who has suffered a traumatic head injury that has left her with extreme memory loss and embarks on a quest to put the pieces of her life back together. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Haute Couture’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 18, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Haute Couture, Haute Couture - La beauté du geste, Pascal Lengagne, score, Soundtrack, Sylvie Ohayon
UGC Images & Les films du 24 have released a soundtrack album for the French comedy drama Haute Couture (Haute Couture – La beauté du geste). The album features the film’s original music composed by Pascal Lengagne (Overdrive, Fahim, Thank You for Calling). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download here, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples. Haute Couture is co-written and directed by Sylvie Ohayon and stars Nathalie Baye, Lyna Khoudri and Pascale Arbillo. The movie follows the head of the dressmaking studio at Christian Dior who gets her handbag stolen by a young woman and – instead of calling the police – enlists the petty thief as her dressmaking protégé. Read the rest of this entry »
James Newton Howard to Score Francis Lawrence’s ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’
Posted: July 17, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Francis Lawrence, James Newton Howard, The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, The Hunger Games
James Newton Howard (King Kong, Maleficent, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, The Sixth Sense, Signs) is set to score the upcoming film adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ novel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. The movie, which serves as a prequel to The Hunger Games series, is directed by Francis Lawrence and stars Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Josh Andrés Rivera, Hunter Schafer, Jason Schwartzman Irene Boehm, Cooper Dillon, Luna Kuse, Kjell Brutscheidt, Athena Strates, Dimitri Abold, Dakota Shapiro, George Somner and Vaughan Reilly. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly TV Music Roundup (July 17, 2022)
Posted: July 17, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Scoring AssignmentsTags: Amazon, Anything's Possible, Devonté Hynes, HBO Max, Leo Birenberg, Rap Sh*t, Samuel Sim, Showtrial, Sundance Now
Premiering on Thursday, July 21, is the HBO Max original series Rap Sh!t created by Issa Rae and starring Aida Osman, Jonica Booth, KaMillion, Devon Terrell and RJ Cyler. The show’s original music is composed by Devonté Hynes (aka Blood Orange) (Queen & Slim, Passing, We Are Who We Are, Mainstream, Palo Alto, In Treatment). Check out our previous news article for more information about the comedy, which will be available to stream exclusively on HBO Max.
Also premiering in the U.S. on Thursday is the British mini-series Showtrial created by Ben Richards and starring Tracy Ifeachor, Celine Buckens, Sharon D. Clarke, Sinead Keenan, Lolita Chakrabarti and Kerr Logan. Samuel Sim (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, The Spanish Princess, Domina, The Halcyon) has composed the show’s original music. Dubois Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last fall when the drama premiered in the UK on BBC One. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details. The 5-parter is making its U.S. debut on Sundance Now. Read the rest of this entry »
Daniel Wohl Scoring Sanaa Lathan’s ‘On the Come Up’
Posted: July 16, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Daniel Wohl, On the Come Up, Paramount+, Sanaa Lathan
Daniel Wohl (Project Blue Book, Search Party, The Weekend Away, The Stand In, They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead) has recently been scoring the upcoming drama On the Come Up. The film marks the directorial debut of actress Sanaa Lathan and stars Jamila C. Gray, Lathan herself, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Lil Yachty, Method Man, Mike Epps, GaTa, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Titus Makin Jr. and Michael Anthony Cooper Jr. The movie is based on the best-selling YA novel by Angie Thomas (The Hate U Give) and follows a young black girl who attempts to take the battle rap scene by storm in order to do right by the legacy of her father and to help her family climb out of poverty. Read the rest of this entry »
Patrick Stump’s ‘Glow Webs Glow’ from ‘Marvel’s Spidey and His Amazing Friends’ Season 2 Released
Posted: July 16, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in TV Music AlbumsTags: Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Patrick Stump, Spidey and His Amazing Friends
Walt Disney Records has released the new song Glow Webs Glow from the second season of the Disney Junior animated series Marvel’s Spidey and His Amazing Friends. The track is written and performed by the show’s Grammy Award-nominated composer/songwriter Patrick Stump (of Fall Out Boy) and is now available to stream/download on Amazon and any other major digital music services. Also check out the official music video after the jump. The label has previously released a soundtrack EP featuring Stump’s songs from Season 1. Disney also announced this week that Stump will guest star as a concert announcer in an episode of the new season. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekly Film Music Roundup (July 15, 2022)
Posted: July 15, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: American Carnage, Bear McCreary, Clint Mansell, Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down, Harumi Fuuki, Henry Jackman, Jeff Cardoni, Miriam Cutler, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, Mychael Danna, Nima Fakhrara, Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank, Rael Jones, She Will, The Deer King, The Gray Man, The Royal, Where the Crawdads Sing
Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the mystery drama Where the Crawdads Sing directed by Olivia Newman and starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Taylor John Smith, Harris Dickinson and David Strathairn. The film’s original music is composed by Mychael Danna (Life of Pi, Capote, Moneyball, Little Miss Sunshine, The Good Dinosaur, Onward). Mercury Classics has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as the original song Carolina written and performed by Taylor Swift today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Sony Pictures release.
Also opening wide is the animated comedy Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank directed by Rob Minkoff, Mark Koetsier & Chris Bailey and starring Michael Cera, Ricky Gervais, George Takei, Mel Brooks, Michelle Yeoh and Samuel L. Jackson. Bear McCreary (10 Cloverfield Lane, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Outlander, The Walking Dead) has composed the film’s original score. Sparks and Shadows has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s music, as well as two songs written by Alan Zachary & Michael Weiner. Click here for the full album details and for more information about the Paramount Pictures release. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Return of the Killer Tomatoes’ Soundtrack Album Released
Posted: July 15, 2022 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: John De Bello, Return of the Killer Tomatoes!, Rick Patterson, score, Soundtrack
Dragon’s Domain Records has released the first-ever soundtrack album for the 1988 horror comedy Return of the Killer Tomatoes co-written and directed by John De Bello and starring Anthony Starke, George Clooney, Karen Mistal, Steve Lundquist and John Astin. The album features the original music from the first Attack of the Killer Tomatoes sequel composed by Rick Patterson (Happy Hour, Killer Tomatoes Strike Back!, Killer Tomatoes Eat France!). The soundtrack is now available to download on the label’s official website and is also available to stream/download on all other major digital music services, including Amazon. Read the rest of this entry »
